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IL: DOC head visits Tamms and unveils some reforms

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Illinois"Members of Tamms Year Ten, an activist group, praised parts of Randle's plan, but said it doesn't go far enough, particularly when it comes to mentally ill inmates. "It sounds like the Illinois Department of Corrections is really moving into a new direction at Tamms," said Laurie Jo Reynolds, a spokeswoman for Tamms Year Ten. "But ... there must be some mental health oversight, independently, to prevent well-documented abuse and neglect of mentally ill prisoners." Ill. Corrections head unveils reforms for Tamms By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press Writer September 17, 2009 CHICAGO - The head of the Illinois Department of Corrections unveiled a reform plan Thursday for the state's lone supermax prison, including increased mental health evaluations, more incentives for good prisoner behavior and the transfer of dozens of inmates...continue to full post

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